Snow fell all over California due to a winter storm that started last week, while heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada area caused road closures, vehicle congestion, and casualties one after another on the morning of the 1st.
According to CBS News, an overnight blizzard, with temperatures dropping below freezing and four feet of snow, icy roads and falling trees, disrupted I-80 traffic, a major commercial route between Northern California and Nevada. suspended indefinitely. I-80 eastbound at Apple Gate and westbound at the Nevada border are closed to vehicular traffic.
Caltran carried out work to reopen, such as snow removal, all night, but the road was still closed as of 6:00 am on the 1st. The news reported that several trucks had been stuck on the road since early morning, unable to come or go.
Lake Tahoe also closed the Palisade and Alpine Ski Resort on the 28th due to heavy snow. The resort said, “Very low visibility and the possibility of avalanches exist.”
A snowstorm warning was issued for the Sierra Nevada region until 4 a.m. on the 1st.
An 80-year-old man has died after a porch collapsed due to heavy snowfall in Forest Hill, Placer County. After the elderly man collapsed, neighbors pulled him out and was taken to the hospital, but it was later found that he died.
The area received between 3 and 4 feet of snow in 24 hours, and the porch roof appears to have collapsed under the weight of the snow.
Meanwhile, Yosemite National Park has been closed indefinitely due to poor road conditions due to heavy snowfall.
It was known that it would be closed from the 25th and reopened today (2nd), but as it continued to snow, like last weekend, it appeared to be closed indefinitely without the exact reopening date being known. The National Park Service has asked to check for updates via its website (https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm).
Yosemite Valley received 40 inches of snow on the ground on the 28th, breaking the 1969 record of 36 inches.